f Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £4.50»£22.50. The ﬁrst in three concerts from the

CLASSICAL & OPERA

Concerts are listed by date, then by city. Classical & Opera listings compiled by Jonathan Trev.

FRIDAY 1 Edinburgh

I Showboat Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £4.50—£22.50. All the hit songs from the musical that opened the Empire Theatre in I928. This time around John McGlinn will conduct the SCO; Sally Burgess sings soprano and Gregg Baker baritone.

I ilorth Country Chorus RSAMI). Stevenson Hall. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. £6 (£5). 8.15pm. A benefit evening of choral music with all proceeds going to SCIAF and SPUC. The group will perform a programme of sacred music with spirituals and some secular music. Mary Whitney Rowe conducts.

Rooms. George Street. 220 4349. 8pm. £6(£4). The poems and songs of Robert Louis Stevenson including the song-cycle A Child is Gun/en ()f Verses performed by tenor Wills Morgan. soprano Moira Harris and pianist Richard Black.

TUESDAY 5 Edinburgh

I St Georges's School Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 332 2l 19. 7.30pm. Entry by programme from St George‘s. Concert by Primary. Lower School and Senior orchestras including works by Saint- Saens. Vivaldi. Crusell and Strauss.